The Comic is Another Story
Course final project
A course by Paco Roca , Comic Book Author and Illustrator
About the final project for: The Comic is Another Story
The comic is another story
“I hope that with this course you have known the steps to follow to tell a story in the comic format. We have seen the different phases of creation: The idea, the documentation, the script, the sketching of the pages, the pencil and ink drawing of those pages, the color and the labeling. I encourage you to upload your Final Project and participate in the forum commenting on doubts and ideas. See you in the forum! ”
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, we have finished the course. We've seen, even if it's been a bit above, a little bit of comic book history. How important it is know the culture of the medium that you are dealing with. Being able to see other types of influences, other types of paths ... And as I was also telling you, how important it is to know of all media in general, of literature, of cinema, of theater, of music, because in the end, everything gives us something about creativity. We have done a review of everything necessary when it comes to building a comic book. We started with the idea, the seed from which eve...”
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Course summary for: The Comic is Another Story
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Comic, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Storyboard
Paco Roca
A course by Paco Roca
Paco Roca considers himself one of those fortunate people who has managed to make their childhood dream come true. He always wanted to make a living by drawing and currently works as a comic book author and illustrator. He has collaborated on a wide variety of illustration projects across many sectors, from advertising to press and publishing, and his work has been featured in the culture supplement Babelia and El País Semanal, as well as in Las Provincias, Corriere della Sera, and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.
As for comics, he began publishing in the Spanish magazine El Víbora, which led to his standalone works GOG, El Juego Lúgubre, Hijos de la Alhambra, El Faro, Arrugas (which earned him the National Comic Award, among others), Las Calles de Arena, Emotional World Tour, El invierno del dibujante, Memorias de un hombre en pijama, La Metamorfosis, and Los surcos del azar.
He has also worked in television and radio and collaborated as a screenwriter and character designer in the film adaptation of his graphic novel Arrugas, earning him a Goya Award for best adapted screenplay. In recent years, he's been traveling the globe participating in exhibits, teaching workshops, and giving talks about his work.
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- Level: Intermediate
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